Where to see
Hosts have recorded the Dusky Indigobird at stays in or beside Kruger National Park and iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
Vidua funerea
Stays that give back
Every stay on the Dusky Indigobird page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.
See where to stayPlanning a trip
Hosts have recorded the Dusky Indigobird at stays in or beside Kruger National Park and iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
Drive yourself
Your own vehicle and pace, on the park's roads.
Where hosts record it
Species
Vidua funerea
Records
226
iNaturalist observations
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A record means a host has seen the Dusky Indigobird on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Dusky Indigobird at stays in or beside Kruger National Park and iSimangaliso Wetland Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
The Dusky Indigobird is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (52% of records), Limpopo (19% of records), Eastern Cape (15% of records), based on 226 iNaturalist observations. 15 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Dusky Indigobird on site or nearby.
Sightings of the Dusky Indigobird peak from Dec to Feb, based on 226 iNaturalist records. You may still see it outside those months, sightings are just less frequent.
The black widowfinch, dusky indigobird or variable indigobird (Vidua funerea) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is moist savanna.
